Guatemala Uses Mexican Sympathy in U S Cold War Clash
Guatemala seeks Mexican support against the United States amid suspicions of U S actions. A Society of Friends of Guatemala drew a capacity 3000 seat crowd in Mexico City with leaders including Sen. Pedro de Alba and a greeting from former President Lazaro Cardenas, signaling cautious Mexican sympathy for Guatemala's sovereignty and land expropriation history. The Guatemalan government dispatched a strong delegation and continued outreach.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
United States
U. S
United Fruit Co
Mexico
Society of Friends of
Pedro de Alba
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Arms flow from red ports sparks Central America concern
U S officials say Moscow arms shipments into Guatemala and a string of incidents across Costa Rica Nicaragua and Honduras show a coordinated effort to stir unrest in Central America. They cite recent Maoist linked strikes and an April arms cache as evidence of central direction and intent.
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Moscow
Central America
U.S
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Stettin
Red Poland
State Department
Puerto Barrios
Department of State
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Pacific
Uprising Predicted in China by Visiting Doctor
Worcester audience hears Dr. William E. Braisted describe China under communist rule as failing to meet promises. He cites disillusionment, oppression, higher taxes, and hunger as fueling a future mass uprising, with only party officers and military members loyal to the regime, and even they not fully committed. He recalls hospital work in Kwangtung and notes Chinese dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek.
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Worcester
Mass
China
William E. Braisted
Brown University
McGill University Medical School
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Kuyang
Kwangtung Province
Dr. Braisted
Lincoln Square Baptist Church
Braisted
Chiang Kai-shek
Rebels Kill Priest in Indochina Killings Report
Msgr. Silvestre M. Sanche, father provincial of a Dominican mission, reports four priests were killed by Communist Vietminh rebels in Indochina over the past four months, a dangerous toll amid rising hostilities.
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Manila
Silvestre M. Sanche
Indochina
Mountain Baseball Attendance Worries In Appalachi
Welch officials warn attendance at home games for the Appalachian League team is low with only one fifth of dates drawing under 3,750 fans and a 2,300 opening day crowd noted. In other news Dr. David K. Allen is set to be inaugurated as president of Davis and Elkins College on October 26 in Elkins. The Ravenswood News and Mason County News in New Haven were sold by Joseph W. Short to Richard L. and Frederick Graham. West Virginia University College of Commerce gains full AACSB membership. Parkersburg reports a during the current fiscal ten months shows a $48,083 balance after $609,372 receipts and $561,289 expenditures. Wheeling merchants favor a traffic plan banning parking 7:30 to 9:30 am. The state practical nurses plan their second annual Charleston meeting with 200 expected. Charleston Transit Co fare hike opposition comes from a St Albans citizens committee ahead of a Public Service Commission hearing.
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Welch
Appalachian League Baseball
David K. Allen
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
College Board of Trustees
Ravenswood News
Mason County News
New Haven
Joseph W. Short
Ravenswood
Richard L
Frederick Graham
Grafton
West Virginia University
College of Commerce
American Assn. of Collegiate Schools of Business
Parkersburg
R.w.carr
Finance Department
Wheeling
Ohio Valley Board of Trade
Charleston
President Eisenhower in Charlotte for Freedom Day speech
President Eisenhower flies from Washington to Charlotte for a Freedom Day event at Freedom Parks with a luncheon for up to 50,000 attendees. He will depart aboard the Columbine for Washington after delivering a brief afternoon address. The piece ties the 1775 Mecklenburg County Declaration to local history.
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Charlotte
N.C
Eisenhower
Washington
Columbine
Freedom Parks
Mecklenburg County
Charlottetown
Great Britain
Eisenhower Seeks to Narrow Testimony at Army Hearings
Congress timeline notes Mundt meets Atty. Gen. Brownell to discuss modifying a presidential order restricting testimony in the Army inquiry. Eisenhower ordered Pentagon witnesses not to discuss executive branch conversations, while the subcommittee hours to next Monday and McCarthy seeks motive behind Army charges. Housing, fireworks, and giant elevator data from National Geographic wrap the report.
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Karl E. Mundt
Senate
McCarthy Army
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Executive Branch
Mundt
Brownell
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Army
John Adams
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Charleston Transit Co
St. Albans
Public Service Commission
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Amere Gas
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